of cincinnati



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

W. P. WARE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

EAR, CHEEK, AND CHIN IVIUFF.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 20,834, dated July 6, 1858.

.'Z'o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM P. WARE, of the city of Cincinnati, in thecounty of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in what I denominate an Ear, Cheek, and Chin Muff and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, and made to form part of thisspecification.

Similar letters refer to like parts of the improvement.

The obj ect of my improvement is to muf the ears, cheeks, and chin toprotect them from cold without attaching or tying the article used formuffing on the top of the head or around the neck and face as iscommonly done. And the nature of the improvement consists in making whatI will here denominate pockets for each ear by taking a ring or frame ofwire or other material and covering it with fur or other substances withsuch a fullness as to form a pocket in which the ears are placed for thedouble purpose of protecting them from the cold and supporting and.holding the cheeks and chin portion of the muf to their respectiveparts as is fully represented in the accompanying drawings.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use the improvement Iwill proceed to describe its construction and use.

Figure l, represents a longitudinal sectional view of an improved muif,showing the pockets and a frame of wire and jointed for folding and towhich the mutting material or fur is attached. Fig. 2, is a similar Viewof another muff without the frame of wirefrom ear to ear, as representedin Fig. l, but rings are used as represented in Fig. 3, to assist informing the ear pockets, and Fig. 4, represents a head, showing the useand mode of attaching the muil".

a, a, is a frame of wire jointed at (B) under the chin and (C, C,) atthe lower part of the ear pockets for folding the muf up to make it asportable as possible.

(cl, Z,) are the ring portions of the mufl" frame to which the pockets(f, f,) are attached for containing the ears and the frame is coveredwith furin this case but can be covered with cloth or any other materialif desired, and when the muf is used the ears are placed in the pocketsf, 7, which holds the other portion of the muff to the cheeks and chinas fully represented in Fig. 4.

Fig. 2, represents a muff made without the wire frame around the cheeksand chin but rings (g, 9,) are used to form the pockets (f, f,) and thecheek and chin portion of the muif are attached to the rings asrepresented in Fig. 2, and applied to use the same as Fig. l, muti".

Vhat I claim as my improvement and desire to secure by Letters Patentis- The arrangement of the ear, cheek and chin, pieces constructed asrepresented in Fig. l, of the drawings, and joined together in themanner represented and for purposes specified in the foregoingspecification.

WM. P. WARE.

Witnesses:

M. BENSON, E. W. ELNIS.

